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May 12, 2008

Selectman seat, more on Somerset ballot today

SOMERSET, Mass. -- As voters headed to the polls today in Somerset, local political observers said nearly all of the races were too uncertain to call.

In the seat for Board of Selectmen, incumbent Eleanor Gagnon is facing off against Patrick O'Neil, who had been on the three-member board until last year.

The election also marks the first time in many years that two full-time town workers face challengers.

Patricia Hart, town clerk for 22 years, is opposed by former Selectman Roger Benevides and Tax Collector Lisa Viana, who has been in that post four years, is going head-to-head against Roberta Fisher, who retired from the school department in February.

There is also a four-way race for one of the five seats on the Playground and Recreation Commission. Read more about it here.

There are 12,397 eligible voters. The polls close at 8 p.m.

-- Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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